From breezy Mediterranean shores to Barcelona cafés to the towering peaks of the Pyrenees, the autonomous community of Catalonia is a land of diversity. These places and cultures have inspired poets, artists, and winemakers. This week’s Wine-Aid package starts in the…
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Posted on 2020.07.22 in Spain DO, Penedes, Priorat DOQ, Wine-Aid Packages, Catalunya  | Read more...
Back in 1976, Isabelle Champart, a Parisian with a degree in Geography, and her husband Mathieu, from a family of farmers in Champagne, began cultivating vines on a humble 20 acre farmstead. For close to twelve years they sold their…
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Posted on 2020.07.14 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
The appellation of Les Baux-de-Provence is unmistakably Provençal. Between olive groves and pine forests the rocky landscape is wild with the fragrant garrigue that marks its wines. Although the appellation is small and relatively new, the handful of winemaking estates…
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Posted on 2020.07.08 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Provence  | Read more...
All of our holiday weekend plans probably look a little different this year. In lieu of large gatherings most of us are likely planning to stay at home, perhaps tidy up our outdoor spaces, maybe throw a more intimate party…
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Posted on 2020.06.30 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“Extreme complication is contrary to art.” — Claude Debussy Introducing The Claude Debussy, a $250 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of lush, earthy, and spicy red wine from some of Southern Rhone’s most prestigious Crus. The price includes tax…
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Posted on 2020.05.15 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“Wine is bottled poetry.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Introducing The Robert Louis Stevenson, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of ripe and lush red wine from the appellations of Faugères, Terrasses du Larzac, and Saint-Chinian — appellations that…
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Posted on 2020.05.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“I’ve always believed that true cinema is cinema of the imagination.” — Sergio Leone Introducing The Sergio Leone, a $195 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 Bottles of Spanish Wine showcasing the quality and value of Spanish wines from the slopes…
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Posted on 2020.05.10 in Spain DO, Wine-Aid Packages, Catalunya, Rias Biaxas  | Read more...
“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.” — Thomas Aquinas. Introducing The Thomas Aquinas, a $270 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of Côtes du Rhône from producers based in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This range…
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Posted on 2020.05.03 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“What I dream of is an art of balance.” — Henri Matisse Introducing The Matisse, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of Red Wine illustrating the rich fruit and herbal fragrant wines from vineyards across southern France’s Languedoc-Rousillon…
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Posted on 2020.04.28 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cézanne Introducing The Cézanne, a $260 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of Red Wine illustrating a range of ripe and luscious flavors and aromas…
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Posted on in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Southern Rhone  | Read more...